David Schizer (born c1969) was named the fourteenth dean of Columbia Law School at Columbia University in 2004. He was appointed dean at 35, making him the youngest dean in the school's history and one of the youngest deans of a top law school. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Jerome L. Greene Hall, home of the Arthur W. Diamond Library. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The head of the search committee, Columbia Professor Michael Dorf, has noted in interviews that several of Columbia's rival schools had recently appointed new and "relatively . . . young" deans. Dorf added that the excitement around a young, 'star' dean poses a fundraising challenges for competing schools. Even so, Schizer was eight years younger than Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan was when she was appointed at 43. Michael Dorf is a professor of law at Columbia Law School and a noted constitutional law scholar. ... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Elena Kagan is the dean of Harvard Law School. ...

Schizer was an internal candidate for the dean's position. Prior to his appointment as dean, Schizer served as the Wilbur H. Friedman Professor of Tax Law at Columbia.

Schizer clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for the 1994-95 term, and for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1993-94 term. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15, 1933) is a United States jurist. ... Judge Alex Kozinski (born July 23, 1950) is a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a popular essayist. ...

External links

• New York Law Journal article